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Richard III under Rocket Attacks

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

This is maybe one of the most unusual texts about a theater performance that I have ever written. It is not only about Shakespeare’s masterpiece, not only about the staging (and I have great references to compare with, starting with … Continue reading →

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The Old Rocker and the Holocaust (Film: This Must Be the Place – Sean Penn, 2011)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

This Must Be the Place is one of the weirdest Holocaust movies ever made. So weird and so different that I doubt that it will find place in the usual re-programing of the TV stations on such commemorative moments as … Continue reading →

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The Killer’s Apprentice (Film: From Paris with Love – John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 2010)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by admin

There certainly is a love story going on between Hollywood and Paris. I can hardly think about a genre that is not represented in the American cinema and has its setting in Paris – from historical films to romantic comedies, … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Peyroux in Tel Aviv

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin

I first saw and listened to Madeleine Peyroux’s music in the mid-90s. The performance was filmed at one of the major jazz festivals, maybe the one in Montreal, but I am no longer sure. She was in her mid 20s, … Continue reading →

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Family Ties (Film: Tetro – Francis Ford Coppola, 2009)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by admin

The name of Francis Ford Coppola is always sufficient to make me want to see the movie. Having directed back in the 70s what are considered to be some of the best films in the history of cinema, Coppola seems … Continue reading →

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Snapshots in Tel Aviv and Yaffo

Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin

Below are a few pictures taken this morning during a short tour in Tel Aviv and Yaffo.     Beit Tamar is the name of the building that stands at the intersection of the streets Chelouche and Shabazi in the … Continue reading →

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Carte: Jorge Luis Borges – Istoria universala a infamiei

Posted on October 18, 2012 by admin

Volumasul ‘Istoria universala a infamiei’ are vreo 130 de pagini a caror lectura nu ia mult mai mult decat o ora – dar fiecare minut din acest prea scurt interval este un minut de delectare, care reprezinta si o introducere … Continue reading →

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Snapshots in Tzfat (Safed) – Galleries and Synagogues

Posted on October 17, 2012 by admin

I am spending a short vacation traveling all over Israel with old friends from Bucharest. It’s their first visit in Israel, but for me it’s maybe the 20th time I have the joy to be guide to family and friends … Continue reading →

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fantasizing around Klimt (Film: Klimt – John Malkovich, 2006)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by admin

Gustav Klimt was a fascinating character. At a time when all modern art was going through one of the greatest transformations in history Klimt was slightly dislocated, or better said located at the wrong place. The elegant city of Vienna … Continue reading →

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‘Encounters in Edvard Munch’s Space’ at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Posted on October 13, 2012 by admin

Twenty years ago Liliana and me visited Paris for the first time in our lives. It was a memorable trip from many respects, and one of the major highlights of that first encounter with the magic city was the exhibition … Continue reading →

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